[ubuntu-uk] BBC Click includes Ubuntu

[alan c]

Andy wrote:
> On 10/06/07, Andy <stude.list at googlemail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Then you find the address of the actual feed and check it plays in mplayer
>> If it does (it should do) then add -dumpstream on the command line.
> 
> Forgot to mention:
> There is an "open in standalone player" link.
> Right click that and chose "copy link location"
> Then add the flag -playlist to the mplayer command line (the link is
> to a .ram, and this is a list of .rm files to play).
> 
> So it would be something like:
> mplayer -dumpstream -dumpfile click.rm -playlist 'URL'
> 
> (obviously replace URL with an actual URL.
> Sit back and wait.

Thanks. I have installed mplayer, and trying to begin most simply, 
used cl:

mplayer 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/avdb/news/world/video/98000/bb/98711_16x9_bb.ram

the result was:
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MPlayer 2:1.0~rc1-0ubuntu9 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz (Family: 15, Model: 2, Stepping: 9)
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
Can't open joystick device /dev/input/js0: No such file or directory
Can't init input joystick
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote 
control.

Playing 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/avdb/news/world/video/98000/bb/98711_16x9_bb.ram.
Resolving news.bbc.co.uk for AF_INET6...
Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: news.bbc.co.uk
Resolving news.bbc.co.uk for AF_INET...
Connecting to server news.bbc.co.uk[212.58.226.33]: 80...
Cache size set to 320 KBytes
Cache fill:  0.05% (163 bytes)
Win32 LoadLibrary failed to load: avisynth.dll, 
/usr/lib/win32/avisynth.dll, /usr/local/lib/win32/avisynth.dll


Exiting... (End of file)
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there seems to be a loadlibrary problem, at least.
Any ideas please?

-- 
alan cocks
Kubuntu user#10391